NYT: R. Kelly used bribes to marry Aaliyah when she was 15, charges allege
Entertainer R. Kelly has been indicted by a New York grand jury with one count of bribery, and the New York Times is reporting that the charge is…
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5 things to know for December 6: Impeachment, Iran, immigration, France, migrants
Saudi Arabia has just pulled off the biggest IPO in history, raising a head-spinning $25.6 billion by selling shares of its huge state-owned oil…
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West Virginia suspends several after corrections officer class appears to give Nazi salute in photo
A number of employees of the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation have been suspended amid an investigation into a photograph…
Continue Reading Why the College Football Playoff picture hinges on Georgia this weekend
The four-team field for the College Football Playoff will be revealed Sunday, and depending on this weekend’s conference championship games the…
Continue Reading Dozens of polar bears are ‘crowding’ a Russian village in search of food
Dozens of polar bears have “invaded” a village in Russia’s far north in search for food, prompting “bear patrols”…
Continue Reading German art activists apologize for displaying urn containing ‘Holocaust ashes’
A German activist group has apologized for displaying what was claimed to be the ashes of Holocaust victims in an urn outside the German parliament.…
Continue Reading Bushfire rips through treetops near Sydney as firefighters run for their lives
It’s like something out of a disaster movie — a towering inferno shooting upward through tall trees at breakneck speed, spewing flames…
Continue Reading National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day commemoration will continue as planned Saturday
The annual commemoration ceremony marking the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor will continue as planned Saturday, three days after a US…
Continue Reading A 5-year-old boy’s entire kindergarten class showed up for his adoption hearing
A boy in Michigan showed up at the courthouse in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Thursday for an adoption hearing with his foster parents, and he had a…
Continue Reading A clash between two giants, each carving their name in history
At the center of the US impeachment imbroglio is a clash between two giants, each carving their name in history. On one end of Pennsylvania Avenue is…
Continue Reading Tennessee murderer Lee Hall put to death by electric chair
Lee Hall, convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend nearly three decades ago, was executed by the state of Tennessee on Thursday night, the Department…
Continue Reading R. Kelly’s girlfriend Joycelyn Savage says Patreon account denouncing him was fake
Joycelyn Savage, a girlfriend of R. Kelly, says that the online accounts in her name that attacked the singer are fake. “I am truly tired of…
Continue Reading Hijacked UPS truck led Florida police on a massive chase that ended in a fatal shootout
An armed robbery at a Florida jewelry store Thursday led to the hijacking of a UPS truck and a massive police chase that ended in a fatal shootout in…
Continue Reading A seasonal UPS employee confessed to stealing more than $1,000 worth of packages
A seasonal worker for UPS has been arrested following accusations of package theft. Emmanuel Lamont Reggin Jr. has been charged with third-degree…
Continue Reading New York City announces new cargo bike program to ease traffic congestion
UPS, Amazon and DHL will be allowed to make deliveries with cargo bikes in lower Manhattan, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced, in a move that’s…
Continue Reading A plumber returning home from work talked a man off the Brooklyn Bridge in a snowstorm
A New York plumber was on his way home from work in the middle of a snowstorm Monday afternoon when he saw someone standing on top of one of the…
Continue Reading Police are searching for 1-year-old after finding mother dead in an Ansonia, Connecticut, home
Police have identified the woman found dead in an Ansonia, Connecticut, home as the mother of a 1-year-old gild who remains missing. The woman, who…
Continue Reading AJ Freund was found in a shallow grave near Chicago. His mother just pleaded guilty to the boy’s murder
JoAnn Cunningham has pleaded guilty to the murder of her 5-year-old son, AJ Freund, months after his body was found in a shallow grave in suburban…
Continue Reading A US sailor opens fire at a Pearl Harbor shipyard days before the anniversary of historic attack
Multiple agencies are investigating Wednesday’s shooting at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii, where authorities say a US sailor killed two…
Continue Reading A news helicopter was struck by a suspected drone over Los Angeles, causing substantial damage
A Los Angeles news helicopter made an emergency landing when an object struck its tail, and crew on board believe it was a drone. KABC’s Air7…
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Customs and Border Protection reverses course on mandatory facial recognition program
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Thursday it no longer plans to move forward with a facial recognition program that…
Continue Reading They matched on a dating site and got married. He needed a kidney, and they matched again
It was a match made in heaven, or at least eharmony told them so. But Lisa and Dan Summers didn’t know how compatible they really were. Before…
Continue Reading France looks to 1995 as it braces for pension reform strikes and protests
The last time France reached for a universal pension system, Jacques Chirac was president, Alain Juppe was his prime minister and, like today, a wave…
Continue Reading As a school shooting unfolded, a teen opened her mosque doors to shelter fleeing students
Thanks to a Wisconsin student’s quick thinking, about 100 students were able to take shelter at her mosque during a school stabbing and…
Continue Reading Cruise line sexual assault reports for third quarter jump by 67 percent from 2018
Cruise lines sailing from US ports reported 35 alleged sexual assaults in the third quarter of this year, an increase of 67% from the same period a…
Continue Reading NYPD appoints first black chief of detectives
The New York City Police Department got a new chief of detectives this week — the first black person to hold the role since the force’s…
Continue Reading The family of a Caribbean resort worker is suing an American tourist charged in his death
The family of a Caribbean resort employee is suing an American tourist accused of manslaughter in the worker’s death. The estate of 27-year-old…
Continue Reading Hermit crabs are confusing plastic for shells and it’s killing them
More than half a million hermit crabs have been killed after becoming trapped by plastic pollution on two remote islands, a new study from the…
Continue Reading NASA mission catches nearby asteroid ejecting material into space
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission arrived at near-Earth asteroid Bennu a year ago, and the spinning top-shaped space rock has been full of surprises.…
Continue Reading Russia detains man accused of building fake border in the forest to trick migrants
A man accused of building a fake border crossing in order to trick and exploit migrants has been detained by Russian authorities. The suspect was…
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